creating an Nscale rotary dumper for woodchip and coal

[NSES40DC]

I was asking this question about a Nscale rotary dumper and if anybody has kitbashed or created one for there layout. And I've  seen that kadee has made couplers for HO scale coal cars and want to know if that's happen in Nscale.

[DKS]

You might want to contact Rick Spano. He has two on his layout: one that he scratchbuilt, and one that's based on a long-discontinued kit that he produced.

This is his scratchbuilt dumper, which is used for coal:



This is the kit version, which is used for woodchips:



You can see videos of them here: http://scenicedandundecided.net/animation.htm

[Hyperion]

N Scale magazine had a 3 piece article on creating one probably 3-4 years ago.   Don't know the dates off the top of my head.  I think I've got the whole series at home, but I'm not sure.